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Croke Park
Páirc an Chrócaigh
Croker
View from the Hill in Croke Park
Location Jones Road, Dublin 3, D03 P6K7, Ireland
Public transit Drumcondra railway station
Owner GAA
Capacity 82,300
Field size 144.5m x 88m
Surface soil pitch
Construction
Broke ground 1880
Opened 1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Renovated 2004
Architect Gilroy McMahon
Project manager Seamus Monahan & Partners
Structural engineer Horgan Lynch & Partners
Tenants
Gaelic Athletic Association

Croke Park (Irish: Páirc an Chrócaigh) is a stadium. It is the biggest stadium in Ireland. It is in the middle of Dublin. It is the third largest stadium in Europe. It can hold 82,300 people. The stadium is owned by the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association), Ireland´s biggest sport organisation. Since 1884 it is used by the GAA. The annual finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and Senior Hurling Championship are held here Music concerts by major international acts have also been held. From 2007–2009 it was also used for rugby and soccer. The stadium is named after Thomas Croke, an archbishop, who was an early mentor of the GAA.

History

The area was used since 1870 as sports ground. It was called Jones's Road Sportsground. Since the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association it was used for major events in Gaelic sports. In 1913 the ground was bought by them. At this time the ground had one stand and earth walls around the field. In the 1920s the capacity raised by building new stands. In the 1980s the GAA decided to build a high capacity stadium. The final constructions were in 2003.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Croke Park para niños

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